Pesticides (total) — Agricultural Use in Faroe Islands
Faroe Islands: Pesticides (total) — Agricultural Use was 23 t in 2024. ▬ Flat
Pesticides (total) — Agricultural Use in Faroe Islands, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Faroe Islands recorded 23 t for pesticides (total) — agricultural use in 2024. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is up 21.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — agricultural use in Faroe Islands peaked at 23 t in 1991 and was at its lowest, 18 t, in 2005.
Faroe Islands ranks 175th of 194 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 21.9 t | 19 t | 23 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 18.7 t | 18 t | 20 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 19.9 t | 18 t | 22 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 23 t | 23 t | 23 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Faroe Islands
- 172 Eritrea, The State of 28 t compare
- 173 Niger 26 t compare
- 174 Palau, Republic of 25 t compare
- 176 Tonga 20 t compare
- 177 New Caledonia 18 t compare
- 177 São Tomé and Príncipe, Democratic Republic of 18 t compare
More environment data for Faroe Islands
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Temperature change 1.67 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.468 °C (2025)
- Arable land — Area 0.07 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 0.07 % (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0 ha/cap (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 0.05 % (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity 1,683 t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per area of cropland 71.43 kg/ha (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per capita 0.09 kg/cap (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — agricultural use in Faroe Islands?
- Pesticides (total) — agricultural use in Faroe Islands was 23 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pesticides (total) — agricultural use recorded in Faroe Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 23 t in 1991.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — agricultural use recorded in Faroe Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 18 t in 2005.
- How does Faroe Islands rank for pesticides (total) — agricultural use?
- Faroe Islands ranks 175th out of 194 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — agricultural use rising or falling in Faroe Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Faroe Islands data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Pesticides (total) — Agricultural Use. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Pesticides Use domain contains statistics on the agricultural use of major pesticide groups and of relevant chemical families. Data are disseminated by country, with global coverage and are updated annually. The FAOSTAT Pesticides Use domain contains information on the use of major pesticide groups:1. Insecticides (Chlorinated hydrocarbons, Organo-phosphates, Carbamates-insecticides, Pyrethroids, Botanical and biological products and Others not elsewhere classified);2. Mineral Oils;3. Herbicides (Phenoxy hormone products, Triazines, Amides, Carbamates-herbicides, Dinitroanilines, Urea derivatives, Sulfonyl urea, Bipiridils, Uracil, Others not elsewhere classified);4. Fungicides and Bactericides (Inorganic, Dithiocarbamates, Benzimidazoles, Triazoles, Diazoles, Diazines, Morpholines, Others not elsewhere classified);5. Plant Growth Regulators;6. Rodenticides (Anti-coagulants, Cyanide Generators, Hypercalcaemics, Narcotics, Others not elsewhere classified);7. Other Pesticides NES (not elsewhere specified).